I hate this new narrative of female characters not struggling or growing in their character arcs and YES THE LACK OF WATERBENDING TRAINING. I'm still reeling over it, I can't believe they made a such a big mistake.

I would say that even the SHYAMALAN movie had Aang attempting waterbending on his own (but having trouble w/it in said film)... ...but then I realized: what movie did SHYAMALAN make again.

@@ashleyramwrites I've seen many guys complaining about that tendency but I honestly think this trend is more detrimental to women than men. Portraying a woman as a superhuman who can handle anything, never struggles and never needs any help is harmful. No real woman (or man) is like that. And trying to instill the stereotype that women are capable of anything and even offering help is an insult to them just leads to more societal pressure put on women, like being expected to handle everything flawlessly with no help from men.

​​​​​​@@missAlice1990 exactly! I've been saying that this is the opposite of empowering for a while now. They are basically teaching young girls that they're supposed to be great at everything and never ask for help. I hate that so much. And these characters often don't display any classic feminine traits anymore either and it feels as if they are saying that being a female that enjoys these things and values compassion instead of wanting to punch every problem in the face makes you weak. If a show advertises itself with words like "strong female lead" it's 99% of the time an insufferable mary sue that only cares about power and has zero character depth or growth. And sadly people like to slap the girlboss stamp on pre existing characters too to make them "stronger" but they are just changing them in ways that makes them flat and boring like katara here. Or mulan in the disney life action remake. The cartoon portrayed her struggle perfectly and she was such a compelling character but in the remake she was just born special and had to earn none of her skill... This example is a bit out of nowhere but even peach in the mario movie kind of suffered from this phenonemon. It's completely fine not to give her a damsel in distress plotline but why did they make her so rude and why wasn't she allowed to make mistakes? Being polite was one of her main traits and something that made her different from daisy. And what does she do in the movie? She introduces mario as someone who is not important and straight up calls bowser a monster in disgust, but she has always been polite in the games! The rejection scene in mario odyssey comes to mind. That's the one and only thing i did not like about the movie which is a shame because i grew up loving the princesses from the franchise.

I've said it before, but if they REALLY wanted to change things up, they should've made the WT sexist against men, with Kuruk's "failure" as the Avatar making them believe men couldn't handle the spirituality needed to waterbend. Haru could be a waterbender here (given he's removed from the remake entirely), with Pakku as his grandfather. Katara could inspire them to learn bending as she does, too.

Oof I don't even want to look

If you watch it without any knowledge of the cartoon its pretty good but mainly because its based on the masterpiece that's the cartoon

Its really not. A show where your character looks at the screen and tries to describe itself isn't that good imo

120 million $ dude..where do you think they went?

Even without knowledge of the OG show, it's pretty rushed--plus it doesn't fix issues from the OG show (ie explaining why the WT is the only sexist nation and how Book 1 is called "Water" but we spend SO LITTLE TIME in the Water Tribe).

I felt this way about the live action One Piece show as well, although I enjoyed it. All these Netflix remakes only order 8 episodes for these long series that they’re trying to adapt so they have to speed through every story beat and it has no room to breathe

I didn't think about that! It does seem like Zuko had the least character assassination.

the whole thing really does kinda read/watch like fanfiction

My exact thoughts! Then again... Zuko is one of my favourite characters in all media and while Dallas Liu was great, I didn't like how they portrayed Zuko at all. Maybe it's because Zuko fans only like the "good" version of him so they didn't mind we practically skipped his "evil" phase? Which is understandable and all, still... To me it seemed like they tried too hard to make Zuko likable (while not caring about the others) and I didn't like the result. I usually don't like characters like that, where I can feel that their creator is a huge fan of them. The problem isn't loving the character, most writers love their characters and think of them as their children. You should love your children but also be fair and not oblivious to their flaws and mistakes. Blindly gushing over one of your children is bad parenting (and bad writing, too).

My boyfriend and I were really excited and went into it with open minds. During the omashu ep when Jett showed up we both looked at each other in bewilderment and disappointment and decided to give up and watch something else.

Yes exactly! I don't know why people have become more narrow-minded now than ever before. It's called a redemption arc for a reason, they have to be a little uncomfortable to watch in the beginning for them to grow into something respectable.

Twitter is a hell scape dont take anything that goes on there too seriously lol

Do it, I believe in you!

It really did look like they just put a new texture on The 3D model from the new Godzilla movies

It's wild how they made some of the best written strong female characters into these weak, flat background NPCs in a man's story and are convinced it's more progressive this way. OG Katara was a protagonist. She set the plot in motion. She had goals. She had arcs. She influenced the world and the story. Live action Katara is a side character. OG Suki was a warrior who kicked Sokka's butt and made him appreciate women more and affected his arc. Live action Suki is a shy uwu little love interest who immediately gets a crush on the pretty foreigner she just met. She teaches Sokka nothing. She is an accessory instead of a character.

I think its the gender essentialism. The idea that gender is male and female and those are their own stable thing, and that's super stupid. In the animated show we had so many different forms of femininity, even just among the protagonists with Toph and Katara. Both undeniably girls in their own right, but completely different. Katara is a nurturing spirit with a temper, Toph is a strong willed tomboy with sheer strength, Suki is caring but also a dutybound athletic soldier. In Ozai's Angels we have Azula as the girl boss, with super anecdotal hints of femme fatale, I feel May is similar to Suki in her athleticism and feminine looks but the closest to a nonbinary character among the reoccuring girls and Ty Lee is the girly girl dialed to 100, and also lethal. The thing is that all those female characters are way more defined through their character, than their femininity. Even among the background characters, Aunt Wu and June are very different forms of female I feel

@@robinmatz6686 Is this why the transformers are the most extreme stereotype of the gender they portray?

Omg lol forgive me his mighty majesty Koizilla

@@ashleyramwrites (fyi this is actually true, if you look at the notes in the storyboards they always call him koizilla)

Hahaha this adaptation did feel like a joke sometimes and I think this just proves it

The scripts are not as bad as these ones definitely but the Pirates scripts hinged heavily on the success of the actors performances. A lot of Jack Sparrow's mannerisms came directly from Depp, for example. But you're right, Pirates doesn't deserve to placed at the same level as Shadow and Bone or Netflix ATLA lol, those movies were a cultural reset.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the only reasonable adaptation would be a musical.

@@thatguywithanumbrella But it HAS TO be fan made. I mean an AtLA musical *requires* the level of love that went into AVPM or better. But no pressure!😁

The crazy thing is it's explicitly spelled out in the original show that the remake should be a play, They even show you how to represent bending with the ribbons.

I know, I'm sorry I realised it too late, it was already posted and people noticed and I was on the floor, a month to make this video and I didn't realise lmao. Thank you for letting me know!

@@ashleyramwrites ahh i didnt mean for you to apologize now I feel bad😭 I hope you saw that I wrote "the only wrong thing" since the entire video is on point despite that tiny mistake, maybe I shouldve made that more clear, reading back on my comment it does seem more harsh than it shouldve been, sorry for that :/ I also dont think that its a mistake so big that it ruins anything about the video, just something to point out😭 as a kid I thought they were traveling for only 6 weeks so yeah shit happen😭🙏

You're all good, don't worry, I understood!! Honestly, when I was a kid, I thought it had been YEARS lmaoo kind of like the simpsons where they didn't age much hahaha

@@ashleyramwrites thats so real the time is so confusing to understand in the show especially as a kid😭 since we only rly see snow in the north and south pole i always thought it started in at least spring/summer lmaoo

Exactly! I hate people praising this change because the more you think about it, the dumber it sounds. I just hope they don't give Ozai a redemption arc cos that would be too funny

@@jackieroberts2625 I get why people like it at surface value. It’s a nice sentiment and somewhat poetic, but it does hurt the character motivations too much.

At the time, it was mostly me trying to come up with things I liked since I was suffering but honestly, you're right, it's not as good upon reflection. So this means I literally only liked one scene in this show which is just sad.

If they give Ozai a redemption arc, I'm quitting.

@@ashleyramwrites That is sad, but not terribly surprising. And yeah, Ozai redemption sounds like the worst thing they could ever do.

hopefully we can get some AUTHENTIC and beautiful COMPELLING writing again in our million dollar media productions but money talks🙄❌

Thank you!

Hi! A redemption arc isn't always an evil character turning good. Zuko is a prime antagonist in the story but is later shown to have redeemable qualities and a backstory that showcases a sense of sympathy for his character. On a technical storytelling perspective, he was an antagonist turned hero thus his character was redeemed. Therefore, his character arc would be considered a redemption arc and in the animation's case, a very well-written one. I agree that Zuko's character was very haphazardly written in the live-action but in that time stamp, I'm referring to the animation. In the animation, he was very much an antagonist even though he wasn't outright evil. Antagonists are characters who challenge the main character or antagonize them as the word states, these characters are not necessarily evil. And the animation creators being better writers knew how to navigate the arc far better than Netflix so I'm with you there. Hope this clears it up!

The crew is not aganst the fire nation. Zuko still wants to capture the avatar to regain his honor, to be able to go back home.

@@andreeab3116 being that zuko is eventually going to pivot and realize the fire nation is wrong in later seasons, giving him a crew that will obviously be loyal to him for his sacrifice would imply that if they’re not already rethinking their allegiance to the FN they’d definitely do so when he does. The original zuko had nobody BUT iroh which is a main component of his story, searching for acceptance as well as honor. He went through a lot alone to become who he was in the end, giving him his own crew ruins that growth.

His acting is fine, the direction is terrible. like they didn't get 30 people who can't act for shit, at a certain point It's the director ruining performances.